Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food Producers, Household Goods & Home Construction and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.35% or 16.70 points to trade at 514.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) added 3.02% or 59.00 points to end at 2016.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.78% or 19.50 points to 720.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT), which fell 3.38% or 47.00 points to trade at 1341.50 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 1.81% or 5.75 points to end at 312.10 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) was down 1.80% or 40.50 points to 2208.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 987 to 985 and 376 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.68% or 8.35 to $1244.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.24 to trade at $55.29 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.26% to 1.2540, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 100.09.